The ‘silent’ trimester: why are the first 12 weeks of a pregnancy shrouded in secrecy?

Why we need to talk about miscarriage and early pregnancy originally published via parentdish By Georgia James In theory, the first trimester of pregnancy should be one of the happiest and most exciting times in a woman’s life. But for many women it is, to quote Dickens, the best of times and the worst of times. Pregnancy hormones, nausea, fatigue and the...

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Perspective: I thought having a baby when I was ‘ready’ would be easy. I was wrong.

Original Post via the Guardian By Monica Fike   After spending most of my younger life, particularly my 20s, drunkenly barhopping and blissfully kissing my way through Manhattan, I thought I would easily be able to conceive a child when I was ready. Like a lot of women, I spent many of those years being terrified that it would be too easy to conceive one when I...

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Alarming increase in maternal mortality rate: ABC News San Francisco

I’m starting to see more and more news of an increase in maternal mortality rates in the United States. This particular piece is from ABC News from San Francisco; reporting on the steady and dramatic increase of maternal mortality rates since 1996. This is very concerning. Isn’t our maternal mortality rate supposed to decline? Why has it returned to rates seen...

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